Replacement LARGER Hard Drive Models For Ipod Classic? Options

[egglick]

Hey guys. I have a 160GB Ipod Classic Model A1238 (late 2009 "thin" version). My music collection has recently ballooned to just over 200GB, so I'm now tasked with the chore of finding over 40GB of music to NOT include when I update the Ipod. This is really unfortunate, since I use it almost exclusively for playback in the car, where I would like to have the entire collection.

Most car stereos (including mine) have a 10,000 file limit for standalone external hard drives, so that's not an option. Apple also doesn't appear to have any plans for releasing a larger Ipod Classic. This means my only option (other than just dealing with it) would be to custom-install a larger hard drive myself.

I've tried searching the web for current 1.8" hard drives compatible with my model, but I'm really not having any luck. Has anyone performed this procedure, or can you point me somewhere I can find the information on compatible hard drives and such??

Ipod Classic Model A1238
160GB Late 2009 "thin" version

[db579]

My collection has also outgrown portable media players so I would be curious if there are any (slightly larger) ones that it's possible to easily fit any laptop hard drive into.

In the mean time have you considered cloud storage? Google music let's you upload and play back 20,000 songs for free assuming you have an internet connection and (on android devices at least) can predownload a certain amount

[DonP]

My collection has also outgrown portable media players so I would be curious if there are any (slightly larger) ones that it's possible to easily fit any laptop hard drive into.

There have been a number of them, Archos and Neuros for examples. AFAIK all of them would be PATA interface so selection of high capacity drives would be sketchy, but better than you could do with 1.8 inch.

In the mean time have you considered cloud storage? Google music let's you upload and play back 20,000 songs for free assuming you have an internet connection and (on android devices at least) can predownload a certain amount

Another advantage for driving with newer androids is you can select music on voice command. It's not 100% accurate as the voice-to-text tries to gravitate to what it thinks you're trying to say and some song/album titles are take-offs on common phrases.

This post has been edited by DonP: Aug 6 2012, 13:51